Clarence Lee Design is honored to receive five awards at The Pele Awards 2026, including one PELE GOLD (Best in Category). Our work for Islander Sake Brewery, Yummy Huli Huli Chicken, and Royal Kona Coffee was recognized across packaging and integrated branding categories....
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In the heart of Honolulu, a new kind of sweet story is unfolding. COOK by Hitomi, Hawaii’s very first Mont Blanc specialty brand, has officially launched...
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Royal Kona Coffee, a beloved Hawaiian coffee brand founded in 1969, has unveiled a bold rebrand that both honors its rich legacy and embraces a modern, global.....
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Rebranding of Kodama Koi Farm earns Hawaii’s highest design honor with six total awards. Honolulu-based branding and design agency Clarence Lee Design has taken top honors at the 2025 Pele Awards, Hawaii’s premier advertising and design competition hosted by AAF Hawaii....
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The invitation kit design for the grand opening of Yohei Sushi Kahala, for which Clarence Lee Design was in charge of branding and design, was featured in the Gallery Spotlight section of PAPER MATTERS (2024 Fall & Winter issue), a creative industry magazine published by...
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On October 23, 2024, students from the International Tourism Business Course at Yasuda Women's University in Hiroshima, Japan, who are studying abroad at the University of Hawaiʻi HELP (Hawaiʻi English Language Program), visited Clarence Lee Design to learn about local business....
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Hawaii Tourism Japan and Japan Hawaii Wedding Association launched a project in September 2023 to promote tourism in the romance market, “Kokoro Tsunagaru HAWAI'I ~Heart & Heart~”. In October 2024, two new promotional videos were released, one for marriage proposals and the other for weddings....
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The Pele Awards 2024, Hawaii's largest advertising and design festival (sponsored by AAF Hawaii / American Advertising Association), selects the best advertisements and designs published in Hawaii during the year....
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YOHEI SUSHI KAHALA opened in January 2024 in the Kuono Marketplace shopping mall across from Kahala Mall. YOHEI SUSHI was established in Honolulu's Kalihi area in 1990, when there were not many authentic sushi restaurants in Hawaii....
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On November 3, 2023, students from the Department of International Tourism and Business at Yasuda Women's University in Hiroshima, Japan, who are studying abroad at the University of Hawaiʻi HELP (Hawaiʻi English Language Program), came to Clarence Lee Design for a company visit....
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Hawaii's Wedding Industry Unites as One! Hawaii Tourism Recovery Project "Kokoro Tsunagaru HAWAI'I -Heart & Heart-" is launched. Hawaii's wedding industry has united to revive Hawaii's wedding industry, which has been stagnant due to the COVID19, and aims to revive the entire Hawaii tourism industry....
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The Pele Awards 2023, Hawaii's largest advertising and design festival (sponsored by AAF Hawaii / American Advertising Association), where the best advertisements and designs published in Hawaii are selected every year. This year, the awards ceremony was held on May 6 at Elks Lodge in...
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